WiiMC<ref>[http://www.wiimc.org/about/ WiiMC - About ]</ref><ref name="wiibrew">[http://wiibrew.org/wiki/WiiMC WiiMC - WiiBrew ]</ref> (Wii Media Centre) is an open source media player for the Nintendo Wii.

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<b>Features</b>

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'''[[w:WiiMC|WiiMC]]'''<ref>[http://www.wiimc.org/about/ WiiMC - About ]</ref><ref name="wiibrew">[http://wiibrew.org/wiki/WiiMC WiiMC - WiiBrew ]</ref> (Wii Media Centre) is is a free and open source media player for the [[w:Wii|Wii]] home [[w:video game console|video game console]]. WiiMC uses [[w:MPlayer|MPlayer]] to play media files, and is considered [[w:Wii homebrew|Wii homebrew]]. <ref>[http://nintendo.about.com/b/2010/05/14/wiimc-is-what-homebrew-applications-should-look-like.htm About.com - WiiMC is What Homebrew Applications Should Look Like].</ref>

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WiiMC (Wii Media Centre) is an open source media player for the Nintendo Wii. Features include:

WiiMC allows media to be read locally from the device itself through [[w:FAT32|FAT32]]/[[w:NTFS|NTFS]] from [[w:SD|SD]] and [[w:USB|USB]] 2.0 or via local Network playback via [[Samba]], [[w:HTTP|HTTP]], and [[w:FTP|FTP]]. On-line media support, including [[w:SHOUTcast|SHOUTcast]], [[w:YouTube|YouTube]], and Navi-X is also supported.

The Wii hardware provides limitations as to the media playback capabilities of WiiMC. The console is not capable of Audio CD playback. Video playback is limited by the Wii's hardware to [[w:480p|480p]] or [[w:576i|576i]]. Multichannel sound (5.1) is not possible as the Wii hardware has only two analogue audio output channels (2.0)

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* FAT32/NTFS from SD and USB 2.0 (FAT32 recommended)

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* Network playback via SMB, HTTP, and FTP

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* Attractive libwiigui-based interface, designed with the Wii in mind

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=Install WiiMC=

=Install WiiMC=

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==Install the Homebrew Browser==

==Install the Homebrew Browser==

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Use this guide to install the Homebrew Browse<ref>[http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Homebrew_Browser Homebrew Browser - WiiBrew]</ref>:

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Use this guide to install the Homebrew Browser<ref>[http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Homebrew_Browser Homebrew Browser - WiiBrew]</ref>:

http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Homebrew_Browser

http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Homebrew_Browser

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==On the Linkstation==

==On the Linkstation==

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For some reason the newest version doesn't work well with older versions of Samba, this probably has something to do with UTF-8 support. WiiMC uses a purpose built Samba implementation called Tinysmb<ref>[http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Tinysmb Tinysmb - WiiBrew]</ref> which was originally designed for the GameCube.

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For some reason the newest version doesn't work well with older versions of Samba, this probably has something to do with UTF-8 support<ref>[http://www.wiimc.org/tracker/index.php?do=details&task_id=168 WiiMC-Tracker - Issue #168 - SMB shares blank after 1.0.5 upgrade]</ref>. WiiMC uses a purpose built Samba implementation called Tinysmb<ref>[http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Tinysmb Tinysmb - WiiBrew]</ref> which was originally designed for the GameCube.

You can use an older version of WiiMC with the default older version of samba, or you can upgrade Samba using debian backports to use with the newest version of WiiMC.

You can use an older version of WiiMC with the default older version of samba, or you can upgrade Samba using debian backports to use with the newest version of WiiMC.

WiiMC allows media to be read locally from the device itself through FAT32/NTFS from SD and USB 2.0 or via local Network playback via Samba, HTTP, and FTP. On-line media support, including SHOUTcast, YouTube, and Navi-X is also supported.

The Wii hardware provides limitations as to the media playback capabilities of WiiMC. The console is not capable of Audio CD playback. Video playback is limited by the Wii's hardware to 480p or 576i. Multichannel sound (5.1) is not possible as the Wii hardware has only two analogue audio output channels (2.0)

Install WiiMC

Setup The Homebrew Channel

This is a step-by-step guide of how to install the Homebrew Channel on your Wii console[4]:

Setup WiiMC

Once you've set it up, you can nose around and see what it can do, this is a pretty good video guide to setting up the WiiMC.

Configuring File Shares

On the Wii

Setting up a Samba Share:

For this you need to know your Linkstation's ip address

Make sure you know the name of the samba share you setup

Open WiiMC and go to "Settings"...Its to the right of the screen. Click "Network" down the bottom. Click "Add SMB Share"

Using the details you grabbed before enter the name of the folder you are sharing (e.g., movies, music) and give it a "display name". They can be the same. Add your ipaddress, username and password.

On the Linkstation

For some reason the newest version doesn't work well with older versions of Samba, this probably has something to do with UTF-8 support[6]. WiiMC uses a purpose built Samba implementation called Tinysmb[7] which was originally designed for the GameCube.

You can use an older version of WiiMC with the default older version of samba, or you can upgrade Samba using debian backports to use with the newest version of WiiMC.

With Samba 3.2.5 and WiiMC v1.04

Samba 3.2.5 is now Debian Lenny's included package, use this with WiiMC v1.04[8]. There is still some instability with Samba shares that have directories with alot of files/directories, it just seems to cause the whole system to crash.
Also USB media doesn't work in this version well at all.

With Samba 3.4.8 and WiiMC v1.09+

Samba 3.4.8 is now in Debian Lenny's backports repository, you can use this with the newest version of WiiMC. [8]. This has pretty good stability for large directories, and of course USB media works well in this release.
To enable backports you need to do the following: